Dr. NK Arora Covid Head of Executive Committee NDTV About Boosters, Israel, Europe models not for India
Dr. NK Arora, Head of NDTV’s Covid Task Force: He defended the decision to delay the deployment of the booster dose.
New Delhi:
The doctor leading India’s vaccine rollout today defended the decision to delay the rollout of the booster dose in the country. “What is true for Israel, for Europe or North America may not really apply here,” said Dr NK Arora, head of India’s vaccine task force.
By the time the second Covid wave began, ”67% of people had evidence of infection – natural infection. ” ‘Showing signs of infection means natural infection because adults have been vaccinated.’ ‘This means’ ‘a very large proportion of our population has contracted the disease [the] The ongoing immunization process continues to provide additional protection for Indian citizens.
Evidence of widespread immunity in India has become apparent as ”case numbers drop despite festivals” as frequent mass gatherings break Covid discipline across the country in the past few days. Diwali and Dussehra time.
The decision on 94 doses of the crore booster is also ”not something that can be done overnight” and should not be based on the panic reaction surrounding the emergence of a new strain of Covid’s Omicron that was recently released. out light. ”We are waiting about the next two weeks when laboratories across the country, including some of our own, are studying the effectiveness of the immune response generated by vaccines. present ” for the new strain of Covid.
While there will be a comprehensive policy within two weeks of rolling out additional doses of the vaccine to immunocompromised individuals, India’s national priority will be to ensure that all eligible citizens given two doses. According to Dr. NK Arora, between 12-15 people in India have not received a single dose, while around 30 people have not received a second dose.
India’s national policy on booster doses stands in stark contrast to what some other countries have begun to do. The independent body that advises the UK government on vaccines said today that everyone aged 18 to 39 should be given a boosted dose of the Covid vaccine to deal with the variant. More transmissible omicrons are currently being detected around the world.
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